FORBES ASAP (August 24, 1998 issue, pages 47-58) presents Peter Drucker's
"The Next Information Revolution." Worth reading it seems to me. To wit:
"The next information revolution is well under way....It is a revolution
in CONCEPTS." It asks "What is the MEANING of information and what is its
PURPOSE?" (page 47)..."The new information revolution began in the
business sector.... But it is about to engulf education and health
care....Again the changes in concepts will in the end be at least as
important as the changes in tools and technology. It is pretty much
accepted now that education technology is due for profound changes and
that with them will come profound changes in structure. Long-distance
learning, for instance, may well make obsolete within 25 years that
uniquely American institution, the freestanding undergraduate
college....The center of gravity in higher education (i.e. postsecondary
teaching and learning) may shift to the continuing professional education
of adults during their entire working lives. This, in turn, is likely to
move learning off campus into a lot of new places..." (page 54).
These and other ideas worth thinking about. Thought the reference would
be useful, particularly to those still in doubt about the linkages among
LOs, information, IT, knowledge management (KM), and related matters.
Cordially,
Dick Webster
Richard S. Webster, Ph.D. - President
Personal Resources Management Institute
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faster" says Tom Atlee. Challenges: (1) Finding the "betters" and building
on them, in time. (2) Learning -- each person's responsibility and
opportunity.
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